A new study challenges the long-standing belief that episodic and semantic memory rely on distinct brain systems.

“Our long-term goal is to empower people with the ability to tune their own brains for learning,” said Poh. “By understanding ...

Researchers identified a chaperone protein, Funes, that triggers controlled amyloid formation in fruit fly neurons to ...

Scientists from Boston University, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Toronto are advancing a shared ...

A study from the University of East Anglia is helping scientists better understand how our brains remember past events—and how those memories can change over time. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University ...

In a breakthrough discovery, an international team of neuroscientists has identified how individual neurons in the brain fire differently when a new memory is formed. This is the first time ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Todd Sacktor was about to turn 3, his 4-year-old sister died of leukemia. “An empty bedroom next to mine. A swing set with two ...

There are, in other words, very good reasons someone might throw up their hands and decide that making the trek to gather with loved ones just isn’t worth it. What can we put on the other side of the ...

Can memories truly be read from the brain’s structure alone? A global survey of neuroscientists reveals surprising agreement on some points, and sharp divides on others, with implications for future ...

Neuroscientists have discovered that when someone recalls an old memory, a representation of the entire event is instantaneously reactivated in the brain that often includes the people, location, ...

A measure of brain complexity, derived from magnetic stimulation and EEG, can effectively evaluate conscious processing in ...